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Finished my first "more than 5k" race! Ran with Sarah and 2000 friends. A TINY bit disappointed with the pace - I was hoping for something closer to 10 minutes. BUT - am thrilled with ...read more

Finished my first "more than 5k" race! Ran with Sarah and 2000 friends. A TINY bit disappointed with the pace - I was hoping for something closer to 10 minutes. BUT - am thrilled with the fact that I started running about a year ago - and this year ran 4 x 5k's, 1 Ragnar & 1 10 mile this year. Getting stronger every day! WOOT!

first real distance I've put on in a while. It sure does get boring running around the same track for an hour+. First two miles, I was SO unbelievably tight. After that it was just time and...read more

first real distance I've put on in a while. It sure does get boring running around the same track for an hour+. First two miles, I was SO unbelievably tight. After that it was just time and boredom to contend with until the last mile when my knee started to remind me that I used to use the excuse of a "bad" knee...hmm - that hasn't happened in a while. All - in - all, pretty pleased with the run as a good re-training run for the Monster Dash 10 mile in two weeks...eek!

Pushed it pretty hard to get to that 9:03. It was doable but tough. Sounds harsh, but too many old, slow and wheelchaired people on the track today...made it occasionally feel a bit like an obsta...read more

Pushed it pretty hard to get to that 9:03. It was doable but tough. Sounds harsh, but too many old, slow and wheelchaired people on the track today...made it occasionally feel a bit like an obstacle course.

I feel like a freaking rockstar! My previous longest run was around 6.5 miles. I was annoyed with the predictability of increasing my long run by .5 miles every week AND debating the sanity of si... read more

Speed Day! My goal was to maintain a 9:30 or faster for 3 miles and I definitely did it! Was ABSOLUTELY more winded than usual but it felt pretty great. Excited to see how my distance workout go...read more

Speed Day! My goal was to maintain a 9:30 or faster for 3 miles and I definitely did it! Was ABSOLUTELY more winded than usual but it felt pretty great. Excited to see how my distance workout goes on Saturday!

Fine - the pacing isn't right - I walked to cool down at the end and forgot to stop my iPod. I've decided Day 1 each week will be hills which means treadmill...Day 2 will be speed...and ...read more

Fine - the pacing isn't right - I walked to cool down at the end and forgot to stop my iPod. I've decided Day 1 each week will be hills which means treadmill...Day 2 will be speed...and Day 3 will be distance.

thought it would be a tough run since I had back-to-back shows and little sleep (and admittedly significantly MORE caffeinated soda than water) but it actually went really well. Time to recalibrat...read more

thought it would be a tough run since I had back-to-back shows and little sleep (and admittedly significantly MORE caffeinated soda than water) but it actually went really well. Time to recalibrate my Nike+ though - I THINK I might be losing a little less than .1 miles for every mile I run which would change my pacing obviously which is what I've more or less been working on...felt good to run though - especially since I missed Wednesday and THOUGHT I'd miss today...

at Pocket Lake for Labor Day weekend - it was PERFECT running weather - cool, clear, tiny breeze, bright sun. I purposely chose this route for the hills - there are 3 separate hills in each direct...read more

at Pocket Lake for Labor Day weekend - it was PERFECT running weather - cool, clear, tiny breeze, bright sun. I purposely chose this route for the hills - there are 3 separate hills in each direction. To the expert, they are tiny hills, I'm sure - to me, they are not killer, but definitely a challenge. Felt good to have a solid run, outside, WITH hills!

at Pocket Lake for Labor Day weekend - it was PERFECT running weather - cool, clear, tiny breeze, bright sun. I purposely chose this route for the hills - there are 3 separate hills in each direct...read more

at Pocket Lake for Labor Day weekend - it was PERFECT running weather - cool, clear, tiny breeze, bright sun. I purposely chose this route for the hills - there are 3 separate hills in each direction. To the expert, they are tiny hills, I'm sure - to me, they are not killer, but definitely a challenge. Felt good to have a solid run, outside, WITH hills!

pretty great run today. The first 2 miles I can feel the exertion in my breathing & my hearbeat. The next 2 miles or so really go smoothly and then the last 2 miles my hips & legs start t...read more

pretty great run today. The first 2 miles I can feel the exertion in my breathing & my hearbeat. The next 2 miles or so really go smoothly and then the last 2 miles my hips & legs start to really complain. But felt great to finish strong!

Did the "rolling hills" incline program on the treadmill today. It went pretty well (for a treadmill workout) but I was a big sweatball when it was done. I don't like hills. It...read more

Did the "rolling hills" incline program on the treadmill today. It went pretty well (for a treadmill workout) but I was a big sweatball when it was done. I don't like hills. It's official. And I also don't like treadmills! (but that is not news...)

my muscles were really complaining about the 6+ miles that I did on Friday at first but my iPod was feeding me good tunes for the first half and it made a huge difference. nice to be running outsi...read more

my muscles were really complaining about the 6+ miles that I did on Friday at first but my iPod was feeding me good tunes for the first half and it made a huge difference. nice to be running outside and actually GOING somewhere instead of just around a track. Also nice to be running first thing in the a.m. - decided that going to the State Fair this afternoon was the opposite of an excuse to skip my run today!

This was my first time ACTUALLY running a full 10km. Granted, it was on a flat track in the air conditioning, but I'm still pretty pleased with myself. First 5k, I was doing 9:30ish miles, s...read more

This was my first time ACTUALLY running a full 10km. Granted, it was on a flat track in the air conditioning, but I'm still pretty pleased with myself. First 5k, I was doing 9:30ish miles, second 5k was a bit slower at 10:30-ish...felt GREAT until 2 hours later when I was ready to eat dinner - then got the sweats and felt nauseous for a while...but A-OK now!

After Ragnar, I decided it was time to start training hills. So - this was both my first run after Ragnar AND my first run adding in hills. Alternated between 2 & 3.5% grade. I was pretty ti...read more

After Ragnar, I decided it was time to start training hills. So - this was both my first run after Ragnar AND my first run adding in hills. Alternated between 2 & 3.5% grade. I was pretty tight and sore so this was far from an impressive run. BUT - I DID it!

Third and final leg of Ragnar - majority of this leg was along a fantastic, deeply wooded trail in St Paul near the river. Other than the fact that I was desperate to spot a port-a-pot...it was a ...read more

Third and final leg of Ragnar - majority of this leg was along a fantastic, deeply wooded trail in St Paul near the river. Other than the fact that I was desperate to spot a port-a-pot...it was a great run! All the other runners (and some of the random walkers/bikers I encountered) were REALLY supportive this day which made it a lot more fun!